Knight and Wand

Chapter 315 Magic
Following Ines's instructions, he headed eastwards towards the mountain behind the Dragon's Nest, passing through the core area in the center of the palace. Leon looked at the nearby roads, which looked more and more familiar.

He remembered that the last time he came to the palace with Ines to visit the Sun Sword, he took this route.
After running past the stone pillar corridor on the south side, in front of the stairs connecting to the platform courtyard below, Leon suddenly caught a glimpse of a strange vision in the distance.

Standing on a high place, one can see a faint light curtain rising like mist from the wall of the central courtyard not far away.

"That is the courtyard where the ancestral holy sword is. What happened to this light?" Ines opened her eyes wide and whispered in Leon's ear to remind him.

Leon frowned, and knew with his feet that the magical phenomenon must be related to the changes in the palace tonight.

But now he didn't have the energy to investigate.

Running down the stairs quickly, Leon tried to avoid the courtyard where the Holy Sword of the Sun was.

But before he had taken more than ten steps, an intuitive sense of danger set off alarm bells in his heart.

Leon loosened his left arm, put down Ines' body, protected her behind him while turning around, and swung Gungnir horizontally.

——Wind Hammer!!!
The mighty air wave roared and knocked the huge scaly body flying in the shadow back high.

The sharp hissing of the giant snake makes one's teeth ache and headache.

Without even turning his head, Leon drew the long sword from his waist and threw it to Ines. Then he put his hand on his chest and activated the last Neti card "Boiling Heart" in his inner pocket through his clothes.

Without hesitation, he channeled the magic of the Neti card to bring both himself and Ines into the range of the amplifying effect.

It seems that the little princess has learned some sword skills, even if it's just a formality. But with the help of the enhancement of the Neti card, Leon feels that she can also have some self-protection ability. As for the sequelae of exhaustion afterwards, it is better than losing her life.

However, in his magical perception, Leon felt the rebound-like toughness of the replica of the real effect of the Neti card, and turned his head in surprise.

I saw Ines behind me, her face flushed unnaturally, her brows furrowed, and her face full of confusion, but there was no sign of the magic energy in her body being activated and boiling.

Leon was stunned. She was the same as Olivia? Did she inherit the anti-magic power?

Leon was surprised to find out from the consumption of his own magic power that the Neti card only worked on himself.

However, he soon realized that the other party was still different from Olivia, and Ines' interference effect on magic did not seem to be that obvious.

Shaking his head and putting aside this unexpected discovery for the time being, he continued to be alert to his surroundings. Now was not the time to explore Ines' blood inheritance.

"I have been looking forward to catching up with you, Lord Pendragon." A spear staff with a faint glow lightly struck the ground, and a figure in a black robe walked out of the darkness.

Putting down the wide hood covering his head, the man revealed the golden one-eye rune on his face and smiled at Leon: "I wanted to wait until everything is over before having a good chat with you, but you came here first. Oh. And you brought me a gift?"

When Ines saw the look the wizard was giving her, she frowned, tightly grasped the heavy and ill-fitting royal sword, and hid behind Leon.

The girl recognized the other person's appearance. There were only a dozen spellcasters in the north who could be called master sorcerers, and Ines remembered each of them very clearly.

Leon held the magic wand at an angle, his eyes flashing with white light as he concentrated his magic power, and his eyes were fixed on the movements of the person who came.

"I don't want to see you again. I thought you were going to hide in a snake cave after you escaped and never come back to Orland. It's a pity that Canis is not here. He misses you day and night. If he were here, he would definitely remember to help you plug the loose snake into the water tonight."

Mette had a grin on her face after hearing Leon's taunting.

"Isn't it you who decides whether he is here or not? I still remember your trick. No, no, please forgive my disrespect. It can revive a completely dead person. Whether this method is the result of your research or the ancient magic you found in the spirit-like field, just one of them can make the imperial governor on the other side of the sea personally receive you."

As he spoke, Mette opened his arms slightly, and his smile became gentle: "You are really capable, Pendragon. After enduring such an impact, you can still maintain your consciousness tonight. I don't understand how you did it."

He glanced at the little princess of the Hecha family. To be honest, he was also surprised that the girl was still sober and lively.

Turning her attention back to Leon, Mette tilted her wand and continued, "Remember my advice to you? Although so many unpleasant things have happened, today, I can still let go of our misunderstandings and conflicts.

I killed Kanis just to repay a favor, and I had no intention of harming you. You may not believe it, but I had already thought of how to help you escape the Wolf family's accountability and become close friends with you.

My biggest misunderstanding was that I underestimated your strength. If I had known that you were as capable as you are now, perhaps we would not have become enemies.

The past will not change, but after tonight, a new era will begin. I am still willing to give people like you a chance. I don't want to kill the few true compatriots on this land. It depends on whether you cherish my second kindness. "

That's a nice thing to say. Leon smiled calmly in response: "Let go of the conflict? Give me a chance? Okay, I don't actually have any grudge against you. In that case, why not ask the friend behind the wall who is aiming at me to move aside and let us go. I promise to remember your friendship."

"Of course." Mette chuckled softly, "As long as you join our cause, when everything is over, I will have fulfilled my long-cherished wish and you can return to Avalon safely. Otherwise, even if I don't stop you, Vizmara will never let you leave alive today."

Behind the wall not far away, the master warlock who was holding a magic wand twitched his mouth. Hearing that Mette actually took the initiative to report his identity to the other party, he couldn't help but curse inwardly in annoyance.

Lion narrowed his eyes. Vizmara? One of the three leaders of the Warlock Society?

Could it be that the northern warlocks who came this time are all connected with Atias?
Leon raised his hands decisively in a French military salute and nodded to Met: "Okay! I've thought about it carefully, and there's really no need to go against you. So I've decided to join. Tell me, what did you do in the palace?"

"Are you treating me like a child?" Mette watched the other party's clumsy performance with interest, and adjusted the spear in his hand, and issued an ultimatum: "Remove your defensive magic, put down your wand, and give me the girl from the Hecha family, then I will believe in your sincerity and let you spend the night safely.
After tonight, I will tell you something.

Oh, I know you have a special relationship with this girl, but don't worry, I don't want to kill her, I just want to put a collar on her to make her obedient, and after tonight, you can make her your slave as you like."

Hearing such humiliation, Ines' expression remained indifferent. She knew very well what kind of person was protecting her at the moment.

Leon frowned slightly: ".Blood oath?"

"It seems that you know a lot. Oh, I forgot that you have a male lover from the East Continent." Mette raised her eyebrows.

Leon lowered his arms, as if he was lost in thought. His consciousness had sensed that the magic power that maintained the Dread Mountain Bear had ceased.

This means that the spellcasters who were stopped outside the palace have defeated the giant bear that was blocking their way.

There was no chance for him to win against the two warlock masters. If he delayed until the other party's helpers arrived, he would be in trouble. Lion turned the Gungnir in his hand and gave his answer to the other party: "Okay, I agree to your request. I hope you will keep your promise and not hurt Princess Ines."

After saying that, he raised his wand and threw it far away, where it fell into the woods in the distance.

Mette raised his chin in satisfaction. The giant snake crawled behind him. He looked at Ines and said, "Let her come over. Don't worry. If she were a man, she would have to die tonight. But she is just a woman. She poses no threat to my plan. As long as she doesn't cause any trouble, I promise not to embarrass her."

Leon turned around and looked at Ines, wanting to say something, but Ines raised her hand to stop him.

The girl stared at him with her emerald eyes. Although she was surprised that he had thrown away his wand, she still smiled faintly and silently raised her hand to throw the sword back to Leon.

"Ah~ah~ The Griffin of Avalon is still a despicable guy in the end. I should not have let a coward like you have the chance to climb into my bed."

Ines tightened her coat and stepped heavily in her boots, as if she was full of disappointment and resentment.

Mette sneered from afar: "You should learn to be grateful, little girl from the Hecha family. If it weren't for this relationship, I wouldn't mind letting you, a self-important descendant of the Drakmar family, understand your true status."

Ines lowered her head and said nothing, but seemed to compromise helplessly and walked towards Mette.

Just when Mette's attention was diverted by Ines, Leon stepped hard and moved.

Seeing that the stubborn young wizard once again rejected the olive branch, Mette snorted coldly without any surprise: "I knew it!"

He lowered his wand, and the giant python immediately rushed out from his side.

Leon ran as fast as he could, and in just two steps he crossed the small gap where Ines had walked, then he used his body to embrace her and hugged her tightly.

For a moment Mette was confused by his behavior.

He originally thought that the other party was going to take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, but he didn't expect that he was just protecting the third princess. What was the point of going back and forth?
The next moment, thunder roared in the sky and lightning flashed in Leon's eyes.

The magic spear in the distant woods had long disappeared without a trace.

And from the atmospheric clouds gathered in the airspace ahead, a flash of lightning suddenly struck down.

——Gungnir Flying Thunder God.

Boom!

The giant snake opened its bloody mouth with a fishy smell and bit down.

The dazzling magic bullet pierced through the thick wall and flew towards them with a tail.

The arcs of electricity bursting out from Leon's body jumped and exploded, and the elemental electric field drawn from the distant sky turned the body that was hugging Ines into a lightning comet that was catapulted into the air.

With the help of the lightning gun that transformed for the second time today, he performed reverse traction and flew quickly into the sky. Listening to the whistling night wind in his ears, the soaring Leon looked back at the second elemental entity that seemed to be chased by Vizmara's spell.

Chanting a spell, Leon injected the incomplete Molten Flame Spell into the Royal Guards sword in his hand and threw it out with one hand.

The steel sword corroded by the magic patterns could not contain the violent and chaotic molten flame technique. It suddenly exploded and shook. The flame impact formed by the heat element intercepted the dazzling magic bullet flying in the air.

Leon's weightless body drew a falling arc after passing the highest point as the lightning bolt struck from afar.

"Hold on tight!" Leon shouted, flipping the traction technique again.

The lightning spear flashed with electric light and flew into the sky and returned to its owner's palm.

The force brought by the heavy magic wand allowed him to take the opportunity to spiral in the air and throw the magic spear again.

Repeating the operation to buffer the speed of the rapid fall, Leon held Ines, who was hugging him tightly like an octopus, and shoveled the stone slabs on the ground with his feet, sliding a long way before stopping the forward force.

The soles of the boots were completely rubbed off by the intense friction, the socks were torn, and the soles of the feet rubbed directly against the floor, leaving shocking bloody marks.

But Leon stopped without caring and just looked around quickly.

Taking advantage of the fact that most modern mages cannot fly independently, he temporarily escaped several hundred meters away.

But he knew that this was of no use. It was only a matter of time before the enemy caught up with him, and he could no longer make them let down their guard a second time.

But he was desperate and was willing to destroy the structural stability of Gungnir in order to fly to this "place". He had no intention of escaping.

His eyes swept across the light curtain lingering in the courtyard, and Leon followed the huge magic pattern array that opened on the floor beneath his feet and looked towards the center of the array.

The most valuable information obtained from the previous test was the confirmation of Mette's words of surprise at the fact that he was awake. They did do something here to paralyze the consciousness of everyone in the palace.

At this juncture, he could speculate that the only place that would react to the actions of Mette and the others was the Holy Sword Courtyard, where magical phenomena abounded.

Leon tried his best to scan the complex and huge magic formation covering the entire courtyard. He tried to stir up all the ancient Lorelit magic knowledge he had learned in the past year in his mind, identify and analyze it, and try to find a way to interfere with or destroy the magic that might cause people to fall into a coma.

At this moment, he really hoped that there would be a more professional Corvis around to provide help.

But he couldn't count on anyone tonight.

".Sirloin Astrology Array
Dilaondia Great Summoning Ritual?

The Court of Haran, the Court of Yachar, the Court of Isha
Damn, why are there so many startup terminals? "

After being put down, Ines looked at Leon nervously, wandering around in the courtyard full of complex light patterns like a headless fly.
(End of this chapter)